The Time Machine [Blu-ray]

Director: George Pal

Overview

The time traveler (Rod Taylor) invents a machine that transcends the boundaries of time and space. As each year passed, the window mannequin in the store across the street changes fashions with the times. He is able to increase the speed of the machine as seasons fly by in a matter of seconds. The traveler advanced millennia into the future and finds a group of people enslaved to the powers of a subterranean underworld. The film is taken from the novel by H. G. Wells.

Product Details

Release Date:	07/08/2014
UPC:	0883929404988
Original Release:	1960
Rating:	G
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	1:43:00
Sales rank:	3,151

Special Features

Behind-the-scenes documentary Time Machine: The Journey Back, hosted by Rod Taylor and featuring Alan Young and Whit Bissell; Theatrical trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Rod Taylor	H. George Wells
Yvette Mimieux	Weena
Sebastian Cabot	Dr. Philip Hillyer
Alan Young	David Filby / James Filby
Tom Helmore	Anthony Bridewell
Whit Bissell	Walter Kemp
Doris Lloyd	Mrs. Watchell
Bob Barran	Eloi Man
Paul Frees	Voices,Talking Rings
Russell Garcia	Composer

Technical Credits

David Duncan

H.G. Wells

David Duncan	Screenwriter
George Pal	Producer
Wah Chang	Special Effects
Gene Warren	Special Effects
H.G. Wells	Screenwriter
Franklin E. Milton	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

The famous H.G. Wells novel about time travel already seemed dated in 1960, as both the United States and the Soviet Union were launching men into outer space. Yet the era spawned many science fiction stories, and a film version of Wells's saga was still timely. The film is faithful to the 1890s era in which Wells placed the novel. The special effects, innovative for their time, won an Oscar, combining a bizarre vision of the future with a clunky but mesmerizing means of getting there. Director George Pal was outshone by cinematographer Paul Vogel. Rod Taylor is excellent in the lead role, and Yvette Mimieux vamps in the female lead.